Senate Democrats won a key vote on President Obama's overhaul, putting them on track for passage before Christmas of legislation to remake the medical system.
Researchers claim they’ve discovered the ideal alignment of female facial features, measurements that explain why one woman is perceived as attractive and the other isn’t. Full story
But a new non-invasive technique designed to screen for medical conditions reveals the gender as early as five weeks, researchers say. It's also raising ethical questions. Full story
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Of hundreds of deals cut so health care legislation can stay alive, the hardest to keep may be the Senate's abortion compromise — achieved after 13 hours of negotiation.
The nation will have 100 million doses of swine flu vaccine by week's end, and government health officials say it's time for everyone, not just those at high risk, to get protected.
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Parents usually have to wait until the end of the first trimester of pregnancy to find out whether they're expecting a boy or girl. But a new blood designed to screen for medical conditions reveals the gender as early as five weeks. It's also raising ethical questions.
Men who bottle up their anger at being unfairly treated at work are up to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack, or even die from one, than those who let their frustration show, a Swedish study has found.
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Chihuahuas have been flying out of California since other states learned about the glut of little dogs in the Golden State.
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A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim.
Researchers claim they’ve discovered the ideal alignment of female facial features, measurements that explain why one woman is perceived as attractive and the other, well, isn’t.